Ninjas want better buff!

[Whim]

Originally Posted by Gideous

I would forward this to Whim and/or Nijlo. Some good ideas in here that might get some attention.

I check these forums periodically, so I'll see anything that pops up as long as it's reasonably visible. =)

The "really?" comment I made was more of a snarky response to the "more buffs for locks, nobody cares about ninjas just delete us" stuff. It's a pretty ridiculous statement, and the problem with that kind of navelgazing (even if it's potentially just tongue in cheek) is that the momentum of general opinion loves to pick up on that kind of negativity and feed on itself until it becomes an "internet truth".

- strong +dex component added to Hakanai Shouten
- hurricane kick and au-sem-mao scaling greatly improved
- additional anti-dodge/parry benefits to high mastery hurricane kick/au-sem-mao
- added buff to unseen motion with greater potential than many other post-100% buffs
- fixes to impairment scaling to bring meaning back to impairments
- fixes to impairment stat assignment so that ubiquitously high willpower doesn't impact all impairments
- quickblade boost

... in just the four or five months since I've been coding new features. I'm not saying those are the be-all and end-all fixes to ninja, but seriously - come on. =)

If I seem a little reactionary to this kind of negative statement, it's only because I have to wade through a metric ton of it with every change I make. The thing is, not all negative statements are unconstructive; there are many truly insightful, well-thought out rebuttals to my changes which I honestly appreciate. Those are the rebuttals which tend to lead to future improvements - for example, the analysis one player recently sent me regarding resists. (To paraphrase and summarize: "In your last pass at race rebalancing, I think you laid on the magical/elemental resists too thickly. This might be an overlooked reason as to why sorc/witch feel pretty weak even with other buffs to them. For example, here is a breakdown of all of the magical/elemental resists across each race...") That is GOOD STUFF. It's calm and rational, it has research and examples behind it, and it doesn't presume to judge a system based on personal bias or preconceived notions without hands-on testing or related live examples. Everything else, unfortunately, just takes up valuable time I could be using for more productive purposes. =)